ExR is a musical side project of

Etta Bond Henrietta "Etta" Bond is a British singer-songwriter. She was the first signing to OddChild Music, partially owing to Bond becoming friends with Labrinth thanks to a fluke Myspace encounter. Career Writing material for her debut release, Bond ...

and

Raf Riley Rafael Greifer, better known by his stage name Raf Riley, is a record producer and artist from North London. He was formerly a member of ExR alongside Etta Bond, and is signed to Odd Child Recordings, OddChild Music and has released on Diplo's Ma ...

, signed to

Labrinth Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record labe ...

's record label

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. The duo released their first collaborative extended play ''Emergency Room'' for free download on 20 July 2012 following a series of unreleased ExR demos. They released two promotional singles from the EP in the form of music videos. Etta also performed "Baddy" in May 2013 for

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as part of their ''String Sessions'' feature alongside a string quartet. After the EP, Riley released a solo EP and Bond worked on some new material with other producers. On 26 July 2013, ExR released the music video for "Big Girl's Vogue", the first promotional single from their second EP ''Meds''. The eight-track EP was released for free download on 8 August 2013. The duo appeared on DJ Target's

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show on 13 August 2013 to promote the EP. They also appeared on CJ Beatz' "Soundcheck Special" to perform "Loophole" on 1Xtra on 9 September 2013. On 30 September 2013, they appeared on

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to perform "Break Free". The duo toured throughout 2013, performing at the likes of

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and

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. They've also supported

on his 2012 arena tour.

Discography

EPs

Unreleased tracks

References

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